![]() The Chronicle talked to Roger Taylor via video call to discuss how the band got here. drill artist Ivorian Doll David Bowie pianist Mike Garon and Blur guitarist Graham Coxon. But since the original lineup reunited in 2003 (including founding guitarist Andy Taylor for a brief period) the momentum has been building again - albeit a little slower than the first time around.ĭuran Duran performed on the main stage at 2016’s Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park, and “Future Past” finds the group collaborating with producers Giorgio Moroder and Mark Ronson Swedish singer Tove Lo Japanese girl-group Chai U.K. Roger Taylor was the first to see the red flags, dropping out of the band in 1985, before the rehab stints and ego clashes really took hold. But it took a long time for them to get here.Īfter its initial rush of success in the early ’80s with MTV-propelled hits like “Girls on Film,” “Hungry Like the Wolf” and “A View to a Kill,” the band struggled through years of lineup changes and follies - from dividing into two overindulgent side projects at the height of its fame, Power Station and Arcadia, to following up the surprise 1993 hit “Ordinary World” with a much-ridiculed album of cover songs by the likes of Public Enemy and Led Zeppelin. Now operating with four core members - singer Simon Le Bon, keyboardist Nick Rhodes, bassist John Taylor and drummer Roger Taylor - Duran Duran has plenty to celebrate. Joining the new wave band is Nile Rodgers (and his band Chic), an early influence who produced Duran Duran’s 1986 album, “Notorious.” to support of its 15th studio recording, “Future Past,” with a stop scheduled at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sunday, Sept. The band is also on an arena tour of the U.S. This year the British pop icons were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, headlined the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Party at Buckingham Palace, and marked the 40th anniversary of the release of their 1982 hit album, “Rio.” And it would work well with what we're doing now.It’s a good time to be a member of Duran Duran. It's one of the best Duran Duran songs I've ever heard. Simon Le Bon also said: "I would be failing in my duty if I didn't get at least the song '48 Hours Later', which is sublime. There's another song, one of my favourites on the record, actually, about the decay of the world and how we're all ignoring it - a song of desperation." there was one song about a fighter pilot in the war. "There's one track on there called 'Criminals In The Capital,' about our dueling leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. But there was so much doom and gloom and horror that it had got pretty deep under our skin. ![]() We've always reflected what's around us it's just that we always tried to pick the more uplifting subjects. Nick Rhodes later told Details magazine: "It was a very angry record for Duran Duran, quite political. ![]() Many of the songs on the album were rather angry and political, and it was not well-received by their label Sony, so it was shelved altogether. Do they have a shelved album?īefore Andy Taylor left in 2006, the group recorded an album called Reportage. In 2007, the group performed at her memorial concert."We are honoured that she always referred to Duran Duran as her favourite band,” Simon LeBon said at the time, “as she was certainly our favourite princess." 8. Was Princess Diana really a fan of Duran Duran?ĭuran Duran with Prince William and Prince Harry at the Concert for Diana in 2007.Īt the height of their fame in the 1980s, Princess Diana frequently referred to Duran Duran as her favourite band. He was working with us as virtually a sixth member of the group, but not really getting on our backs at all." 7. He has a great way of working brilliant chord arrangements. "And that's why it happened so quickly because he was able to separate the good ideas from the bad ones, and he arranged them. He heard what we came up with and he put them into an order. ![]() Le Bon later said of Barry: "He didn't really come up with any of the basic musical ideas. They co-wrote the song with long-time Bond composer John Barry. It is still the only James Bond song to reach number one in the US, and was the biggest Bond hit in the UK until Adele's 'Skyfall' in 2012.ĭuran Duran were chosen to do the song after life-long Bond fan John Taylor approached producer Cubby Broccoli at a party, and drunkenly asked "When are you going to get someone decent to do one of your theme songs?" Duran Duran recorded the song 'A View to a Kill' for the 1985 movie of the same name starring Roger Moore.
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